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but Betts swim and eat... Although not very far or very much Like I said before get a trio of African cichlids and put them in a 29g or 55g .. Very beautiful fish... Or you could get a single or breeding pair of Jack Dempsey in a 55g... Or look into Green sunfish if you want to go native.

very cheap and very easy.... a Betta

A 29g is way to small for an Oscar. As is a 55g. Peace out I'm going Fishing...

I always use a net in tournaments or when I can't just hoist it in. Just got me a rubber net but have not tried it yet.

Yup I got almost 2 grand in my set up.. 190g- $600 Materials for the stand (I made it myself)-$400 Glass lids with hardware $80 Heaters- $80 Filter system(sump, pump, overflows, plumbing) $600 Fish decor sand or gravel etc--$$$$$ up keep(water conditioner, food, nets, salt, etc) Granted you could build a DIY filtration out of a rubbermaid bin or old fish tank and some pot scrubbers as bio-media for dirt cheap. And for a stand use cinder blocks and a few 2x6s...

Here in Michigan the Law states you can catch and keep a LM in your tank as long as it is in season and of legal size. It also states that you must release it upon the last day of the season(dec 31st). :-? crazyness IMO

I managed to catch 4 LM and 4 pike all on my special 3/8oz spinner bait. I had 12 bites in the 3.5 hours I was out. All bites were in 2ft or less with temp ranging from 58.7- 60.8 I thought I had an ok day for the opener... That was until the freaking hurricane hit. But what sucked was after I re-tied my spinnerbait after every snag and pike. The storm came through while I was in a a small pocket that had a metal wall on one side. While hurrying to start up and head back to the ramp, the motor stalled and the wind blew my boat into the wall with my lure hanging off the side.... I didn't notice until my boat was on the trailer that my favorite spinner was gone.. :'( I post up a few pics in a bit...

I have never seen any documents or actual research on this so I have no idea... I wont or can't deny it happens.

This info about fish only growing to the size of their tank is wrong... based on.......?? care to elaborate?? Based on experience Let me make myself more clear... IMO an 8"oscar in a 55g tank (48"x12")has already out grown the tank...I believe a Fish should have a decent room to swimaround the tank.. An Oscar should have a 90g minimum to itself...I repeat Minimum After many a moons keeping Large Predators I have down sized realizing I don't have room in my 190g(72"x24"x26")to keep fish that grow larger than 12"... So now I keep it simple, yet unique. Heck the largest fish in there now are my 5 Clown Loaches with the biggest being 7"@ 5 yrs old. Now I have personal seen with my own eyes a Redtail Catfish grow to 22" from a juvi in a 125g(72"x17") until I finaly talked my friend into killing for its own good.. Now I'm not the smartest man but that fish didn't turn off like a switch in the 1.5yrs he had it..Now I don't consider that enough room to turn around although it did. Yes I know that a fish in captivity will have a stunted growth, but it does not mean a fish can't out grow their tank. Jeo- I understand your points and they are good ones. You also touched on some vital points regarding releasing and cruelty, but 20+ yrs of owning large fish only has shown me otherwise (as far as the "turning around" theory). Have you ever seen a fish that can't turn around in a tank? No. I haven't either. Actually, I have, an Arrowana, but it was put in the tank when it was already too big. And they do "turn off", much like the switch you described but they can also be "turned on" (stop it,lol) again also. Ex: Raised an Oscar from a baby in a 50g. He reached his full size in roughly 2 yrs. He lived in that tank for another 4 yrs. When I rescued another Oscar, a 5 yr old, I gave the 6 yr old to a friend with a 125g. He grew another 1-2 inches and added weight extremely quickly and then growth stopped there. That fish is now going on 12? 13 yrs old? and hasn't grown again since he was introduced to the tank. Either has the 5 yr old I adopted which came from the same size tank he is in now. They are happy, healthy, and not growing. Genetically, they are programmed to grow every day of their lives, PROVIDED THEIR ENVIRONMENT ALLOWS THEM. (that can also be related to fish in the wild, i.e. not enough food, etc) As for the bioload, absolutely, large fish require more care and water balancing but diet plays a large part in that also. Another trick is to keep the tank as cool as possible, thus slowing the metabolism. Driftwood also helps to balance abnormalities in the water, a must for large fish. Now, I'm no rocket scientist and I'm not a biologist, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn last week so,... ;D LMAO This might be a good topic to throw at Mr Lusk, a real fisheries biologist. I'll link him and he should reply if he has the time, but it is spring, his busy season, so it may take a bit I'm not claiming to be the know all on this stuff, I just have a lot of personal experience. Please don't take me as cocky, I know when I write, I can come off that way but I love nothing more than to be proven WRONG,....learning is essential and I care about my pets, I want to give them the best care I can. Same here bro... www.monsterfishkeepers.com Awesome site check it out... you seem like you might like it.... There is a few peeps there that have 5ft+ arapaima gigas...

This info about fish only growing to the size of their tank is wrong... Don't try to keep bass, pike or any other fish that has potential to grow 2ft+. Start off with a nice little 40g with maybe a few African cichlids. They come in very vibrant colors and stay small... Your daughter will love them... I once had this little guy in a 30g. Then as he got bigger I put him in a 90g... once he was to big for that he went into my 190g... Now he and his friends live in a beautiful indoor pond at my friends house 8-) he was 18" in this pic and about 1.5 to 2 yrs old. Feed him a diet of Raw shrimp and large Cichlid Pellets...

I went to BPS last week to buy a mojo bass MF spinning rod...... walked out with a AVS66MF and could not be any happier...Any rod I buy from now on will be an avid

Join NBAA... Lots of divisions to fish in..... www.nbaa-bass.com I beleive it is $35 for 1 year or $90 for 3 years before June 1st or $40/$105 after June 1st... then it is $37 + an optional $5 for big bass each week/tourn.

on the bottom...

He has two HOB filters. But yeah That tank is on the small side... I didn't see any sediment stired up form the gravel... I saw a clear tank until the snakehead ripped a chunk out of the LM, and then scales and blood clouded the water. That Beast would rip up and destory any type of cover you put in there. Unless it was heavy and solid, but then the fish would most likley hurt itself in a tank that small...Or even damage the tank. A stressed fish would not be that aggressive and hungry. That fish is not stressed in the least bit ... Snakeheads breath air... A snakehead could live in a stagnate mud puddle if needed be... Also The filter's are creating aeration, any movement that breaks the water surface tension will introduce oxygen in the water. -Marke

it's the Bait Monkey and "I"....... ;D I dislike that little monkey....I have a feeling he is gonna demand that I buy 2 more rods this week and what ever else "I need"....

Oh Man I can't wait!!!! Saturday I will be on Cass or Pontiac and fish until about 2pm. Then go home watch and see who the Lion's draft and then I'm off to maybe Orchard Lake til dark..... 8-)

Cork.....

BPS.... ten times more stuff

1. A home made spinner bait with a ______ skirt and a _____ head.. 2. 7" Gulp turtle worm Blue fleck or Junebug t-rigged with 3/16-1/4 tungsten. 3.Baby bass Bomber

Done I am...

I would rather see everyone smoke weed than to drink alcohol....

white, white and white...

Ya, i didn't find that out till 2 days ago, i got busted by DNR, at least he wasn't a ***** about, he just told me that i couldn't fish for bass and that bass season starts the 3rd week in April. he was pretty cool about it. so he gave you no ticket then? thats cool...

It sucks we're not permited to target Bass until april 25th.... Might have to go pike fishing with bass gear....

I had my baitcaster spooled with 12# trileine xl and thought it casted great... I spooled up with yo-zuri 12# and it was night and day difference...Without adjusting anything on my reel the yo-zuri cast farther and smoother... And because it floats I am now going to upgrade to the 15# or higher to use for topwaters ...